May 14, 2014

Since humans tend to lack the willpower to stop obsessively checking texts and tweets and Instagram notifications, here’s another alternative: Clothing that physically blocks your phone from working. [via FastCompany]

Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga has designed full collection of clothes that shield phones from radio waves. “We wanted to create clothes that would help us avoid these distractions and focus on real life.”

The dresses, jackets, and shirts that Morinaga created use fabric that blocks electromagnetic waves, so once you slide your phone into a pocket, it’s effectively off. If someone tries to call, the phone won’t ring.